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People on Twitter are currently outlining their list of things they would continue to do even if they were rich with large sums of money. I feel that energy because there are some things I still do now that people might consider beneath them, but I’m perfectly OK with. I’m going to lay some of those things out for you right now, in no particular order. Eat ramen noodles Top Ramen, Oodles of Noodles or whatever generic brand you may find in the store—they are all the same. I will never be too good for Top Ramen. I have a case of it in my cabinet right now. I fucks with it the long way. I’m even into making spreads, as they call it in jail, which is when you doctor your ramen up by adding things to it. I drop an egg in mine at the last minute, and I usually add scallions, garlic powder, onion powder, a little soy sauce and a touch of Lawry’s. I only use half of the seasoning packet that comes with it and ramen is delicious. I usually top it with hot sauce or … [Read more...] about #ThingsIdStillDoIfIWereRich Is Trending On Twitter Right Now, So Here’s My List

With the government shutdown, Donald Trump has been looking for ways to distract the public from his failure to BUILD THE WALL, and a trip to Iraq seemed like a publicity slam dunk for his image at a critical time. Surely he couldn’t fuck this up, right? Unfortunately for the administration, any goodwill among veterans and their families that he may have picked up from the trip has been undermined by the fact that he seems to have revealed the identities of a covert Navy SEAL team. Trump posted a video on Twitter that showed the team’s faces, which, according to Newsweek’s national security expert James LaPorta, is a violation of operational security. Trump flew out to Iraq on Christmas evening, and landed this morning. He visited the Al Asad Air Base outside of Baghdad, where he spoke to a group of about 100 assembled U.S. troops, the majority of whom were special operations forces. The resultant video, posted on the president’s Twitter account after he left … [Read more...] about Trump Seems to Have Accidentally Revealed the Identities of a Covert Navy SEAL Team on Twitter

Twitter is claiming to have resolved a bug that allowed a group of London-based security researchers to post unauthorized tweets to the accounts of British celebrities and journalists. But the hackers who initially disclosed the vulnerability says that’s rubbish. A Twitter spokesperson told reporters on Friday that it had “resolved a bug that allowed certain accounts with a connected UK phone number to be targeted by SMS spoofing.” However, during a conversation with Gizmodo, the hackers who posted the unauthorized tweets to celebrity accounts appeared able to reproduce the experiment after Twitter made its claim. The Guardian had reported earlier in the day that the bug had been resolved citing the same statement provided to Gizmodo. Pressed for an explanation, Twitter would only say that it is still investigating the matter to ensure its “account security protocols are functioning as expected.” The hijacking tests are controversial because the account … [Read more...] about Twitter Hackers Hijack New Accounts After Company Claims It Fixed Bug

What if I told you that your Twitter timeline doesn’t have to be filled with algorithmically selected tweets from three days ago? Actually, it’s been like that for a while—Twitter made a reverse-chronological timeline available in September. But now it’s taking away the permanent option to choose how your timeline is displayed and replacing it with a “Sparkle Button.” Among the top requests for changes to Twitter is for it to return the timeline to the way its founding fathers intended: newest tweets at the top. That means when someone I follow tweets, it should show up in my feed, and when the next person I follow tweets, it should be the next thing that shows up in my timeline. Twitter has followed in the footsteps of Facebook and gradually introduced older tweets you may have missed and popular tweets that you might like into the mix. The social media world accepts as gospel that the algorithm-driven feed is the best way to increase engagement, … [Read more...] about Twitter’s Latest Change to the Timeline Is Just Screwing With Us

Start the Countdown Westminster Abbey's online editor sends out tweets during rehearsals for the Commonwealth Observance in London, England. See more web site pictures. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Some call it an online social networking site, microblogging or maybe even public text messaging -- it can't be pinned down because there's really nothing else like it. Twitter is a free way for friends and strangers to send and receive short messages (140 characters max) via the Twitter Web site, on a mobile device or with instant messaging. Users are called "twitterers" and the messages they send are called "tweets." More people are using Twitter than you may think. The most recent stats from Nielsen Online report Twitter usage grew 1,382 percent from February 2008 to February 2009, and more than 7 million new U.S. users signed up in February alone [source: Ostrow]. Even with such impressive numbers, Twitter's audience retention rate is at about 40 percent [source: Wayne]. With … [Read more...] about 5 Myths About Twitter